Alice Sara Ott

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas / Alice Sara Ott 4779291

. . . a mature reading of the "Waldstein" preceded by an equally impressive take on the less frequently performed No 3 Sonata. It's this latter which provides the more gripping ride, from the dashing brilliance of the Allegro con brio first movement before negotiating the sudden thrust in a more melancholy direction in the Adagio. Finally, the rolling cadences of the concluding Allegro assai capture Ott's youthful spirit at its most attractively coltish.

Record Review /
Andy Gill,
Independent (London) / 12. August 2011

. . . there is some really fine playing here . . . Recorded with a warm tonal glow, both these and the Andante Favori are notably poised and lucid -- the transition from the slow movement of the "Waldstein" into the finale is wonderfully managed . . . convincing and consistent . . .